Water-vaporizer for internal-combustion engines.



W. H. FOX.

WATER VAPORIZER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1917.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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l/YVEWTOR s i l M ill) WATER-ViPDEIZER INTERNAL-091522USTIGH 1,23%38 9,Specification of Letter ipgslication filed march 32,

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, Wnnmizuj citizen of theUnited States, Hollywood in the county or" w and State of California,have in and useful Improvements in izers for Internal-Combustion I whichthe following is a specilieat This invention relates to a particularlypertains to a devio supply aqueous vapor to the delivered to an internalcomb It has been found by experi internal combustion engine will cratein a more eiiicient manner when a proportion of aqueous vapor has beenadded to the gaseous fuel exploded within its cylind it is object ofthis invention to pro ide simple means for delivering such a vapor tothe intake manifold of the engine and insuring that it will be injectedinto the fuel mixture passing from the carourete i Another object ofthis invention is to provide simple means for preventin the over flow ofthe device and suits attendant thereto.

It is a further object of t to provide a vaporizer which is rconstruction, possesses no movahle parts, and, is not liable to becomeinoperative.

Other objects will appear he titer.

he invention is illustrated, by Way oi example, in the accompanyingdrawings in W iich Figure 1 is a fragmentary View of the for Ward end ofa motor vehicle with parts broken away to disclose the operative sitionof the vaporizer in relation to engine and its manifold.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view disassociated from its operatwe position uponan engine and with parts broken away to illustrate the interiorconstruction of the vaporizing chamber.

eferring more particularly to the draW ings, 10 indicates an internalcombustion engine which is here shown as mounted upon the frame of amotor vehicle. The engine is adapted to be cooled by the Water which circulates through a radiator 11 at the front of the vehicle. The cylindersof the engine are supplied With a gaseous fuel formed Within acarburetor 12 and delivered to the engine through a manifold 13. .ltWill be understood that all of the foregoing parts the vaporizer areofistock design and that the gresent into vaporizer adaoted a used inconnection mtl.

volition relates The vaporizer is ervoir l5 Flllfill bottom of thevaporizing chaicr r med throu e plate l; porizing chamoer meat 19 to wich "the reservoir or; ing 20 in the partition w out through d re inpigcompartn'ient. The r with Water le ir is so.

J n a tuoc or, un the radi stance and nuts air to pass into the reservoir under favorable c ndit'ons.

Conununication is OSlZZI-DliS QCl between the vaporizing chamber 16 andthe 'aeaniloll l3 by means of a con-e git secured one end Withinvaporizing chamber and at the other end by a plug 25 within the neck ofthe manifold 13. A considerable length of this conduit is Wrapped aroundexhaust manifold 2'? of the engine so that the vaporizer to thesuperheated prior manifold.

In operation, the en ital re manifold will be to its ingection into theis set motion will produce suction thro theintake and the caroure r'lifhc vaporizer will also he influenced supports a coni- 16 which issecured .s. ivoir. horizontal floor ii" is placed reservoir and the theVapor passing from.

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